Example nginx config for etherpad-lite to allow friendly URLs for pads.

nginx.conf

    upstream etherpad-lite {
        server 127.0.0.1:8080;
    }

    server {
        listen       80;
 
        # Allow normal files to pass through
        location ~ ^/(locales/|locales.json|admin/|static/|pluginfw/|javascripts/|socket.io/|ep/|minified/|api/|ro/|error/|jserror/|favicon.ico|robots.txt) {
                proxy_buffering off;
                proxy_pass http://etherpad-lite;
        }

        # Redirect to force /p/* URLs to the friendly version
        location /p/ {
                rewrite ^/p/(.*) /$1 redirect;
        }

        # Match the home page
        location ~ ^/$ {
                proxy_buffering off;
                proxy_pass http://etherpad-lite;
        }

        # Handle pad URLs here
        location / {
                proxy_buffering off;
                proxy_pass http://etherpad-lite/p/;
                proxy_redirect / /p/;
        }
    }